Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

One of my extemely liberal professors was telling us why gas was so high.

He believes the oil companies are taking the oil from Iraq and putting it into storage. He claims, into dryed up oil reservoirs in Texas. I'm not sure if it's true, but it does make sense...

There's a shortage of oil because there's not enough tankers to move it all to US refineries and into storage. The shortage of crude oil is driving the price up.

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

I needed a good laugh at 1 in the morning...
I think this qualifies...

(How can you re-seed an emptied oil field? It is just like trying to re-fill an aquifer... it doesn't really work.)

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Unleaded- $2.09 (there is no team)
Unleaded Plus- THUNDERCHICKENS $2.19
Diesel- DIVISION BY ZERO -$2.29

i love my parents, they let me take thier credit card to fill up the tanks, because that way they get more skymiles:rolleyes:

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Diesel is more exspensive? Around here regular is about $2.11. And diesel is only about $1.80-$1.90.

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

lots of truckers over there. ;)

50 cents? (#5) :D

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

i thought tunderchickers were 217??? if so we WIN!!! all 3 are known teams =D

regular - Thunder Chickens... (i think) - $2.17
Plus - Divison By Zero - $2.29
Premimum - Sie-H20-Bots - $2.37

YAY 4 RI!!! lol... btw hopefully ricksta will take a pic of in on his way to/from work today =P

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Gas around detroit is currently staying in a range of FEDS to Thunderchickens (2.01 - 2.17) It would be nice to see 469 in the gas price, but then again only is $4.69 got you about 3-4 gallons (well in this day, about 2.5 gallons would be nice for $4.69)
I don't know much about the diesel price, I haven't checked.

_Alex

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Well, I certainly hope that gas prices don't reach our team number - $11.68 for a gallon of gas would be a tad excessive IMHO. ;)

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

If gas prices are this high for our vehicles I would hate to see how much gas is for aircraft. They must have has some hike in price. Right?

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Don't forget propane prices are going up too. I just paid $14 to fill a 20# barbeque tank. Last time I did this last year it was $9.50 at the same place.
Home heating oil prices are going up along with natural gas. Trucking companies are also charging more for delivery now.

This is a far greater effect than just gas prices. Once one price goes up it keeps going down the line effecting other prices.

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Is oil-based lubricant going up too? Some kinds are from Crude Oil.

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

$1.16 a gallon..thats about what it was around here when I first got my car 4 years ago. Now it's between $1.89 for regular if I am down south a bit at by my girlfriends house, to over $2.90 :eek: for premium at pricey stations in Arlington.

This is where I am glad my car still gets 28ish MPG at 14 years old. When I really run it, that will drop to about 18 or so. Just another reason to drive easier. :)

Wetzel

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Premium at the highest stations 'round Syracuse have been close to $2.50-$2.60

Sucks that my family drives nothing but minivans that get 20 mpg highway, 12-15 mpg city....... :(

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

In the Tampa Bay area its hovering around $2 (reg.), but since I dont dive yet...

If this keeps up (increase?!? :ahh: ) when the 05' build starts (I can drive then) goin out to where we build the bot is gona hurt the wallet :(
but it'll all be in the name of FIRST :D

Re: Has the price of a gallon of gas reached your team number yet??
 

Truthfully i am looking into a segway for this problem, with recent increases it does not look like it will decrease anytime soon. I would sugegst if you are goign to look at getting a segway try to interconnect with segwaychat.com and maybe you will find someone selling a segway for 3 grand or so. whatever you think though i do think a segway in a few years will save my pocket alot compared to gas burning a hole in my pocket...